The plumber turned up out of the blue to do some final checks and fill in some paperwork and apparently the whole caboodle is kaput in some mysterious fashion relating to the number 8.
Nope. Boiler-menders possibly on their way, possibly not. I'm now in that frustrating situation where I have to wait around for tradespeople and I'll worry every time I go out that they'll come and go while I'm not here.
There was a sketch years ago (Smith and Jones, I think) of two men in a car watching a house, like police on a stake-out. Suddenly someone comes out the house and walks off and they burst into action, leaving the car, sprinting to the house and, before taking off, shoving through the letter-box a card saying "British Gas: we called today, but you were out".
I believe Yodel drivers are regularly found standing in people's porches writing out the "could not deliver" note - a side effect of the payment structure, as I understand it, in which they are paid the same for attempted deliveries as actual ones.
I vaguely recall that sketch and yes, I think it was Smith and Jones (either them or Not the 9 O'Clock News). Anyway I've now established no one will do anything until Monday afternoon.
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I vaguely recall that sketch and yes, I think it was Smith and Jones (either them or Not the 9 O'Clock News). Anyway I've now established no one will do anything until Monday afternoon.
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